Hawk’s Babble-Log

Here are some water containers that I’ve aquired recently. My Dad gave me the big 5 Gallon in the back; he got it off someone on ebay. The little 1.1 Litere guy in the front came from a local general store. All the rest came from a local water store.

The important thing here is that all of these containers are made from the highest quality of polycarbonate food-grade plastic. Grab a bottle, make sure it’s sealed up, and turn it over. Examine the bottom for a little triagle with a single digit (number) in it. The highest quality of food-grade plastic is 7. All of these bottles have the 7 on the bottom, which means I can store my distilled water in these things for a very, _very_ long time, and I don’t have to worry about the plastic leetching into the water or changing the taste.

I went to the grocery store recently and checked the bottoms of all kinds of plastic bottles. NONE of them were anywhere near 7. Most were 1 or 2. I guess there’s nothing wrong with this, except that they are not designed to be re-filled. I like to re-use and re-fill my bottles because I make my own distilled water.

So now I’ve got lots of storage and other containers to use and re-use around my house… and for when I actually leave the place.

By the way, the squarish ones are the best. They are the best use of space (they fit into my bookcases very well) and they have a little spigot on the bottom. I like the 3-Gallon squarish one the best. I can put about 10 of them in one tower bookcase. Schweet!